Travel Blogs from Sunny Isles Beach

... and I've been with Road Scholar for the past year and a half. I've been wanting to go on a program for some time now, but where to go to? India, Jordan, France, Kenya, Ethiopia, Croatia...the list is endless. I was about to give up and throw a dart at a map (which probably would have bounced off) when an opening on a trip to Cuba became available. I jumped into that slot so quickly it probably made the program manager's head spin. She's ...

... selection - thank you girls! It was important to me to have our 4 kids, plus Hubert, be part of this special day; and so they were. The kids helped me pop the question. Overall I would say it was a success as Vera had no clue of what we had planned. She actually first thought that my brother might be proposing to his girlfriend - LOL. To top it off we had our Chilean family in town. Tia Valerie, ...

I always keep an eye out for Westy specialists while travelling since we are driving the **** out of a 30 year old van. So far we have had a few bumps in the road with fixing things here or there. It was an expected expense and we kind of look at it like it is our version of rent or mortgage. We have to invest in our home to keep it in good shape just like people who have houses and apartments. To make sure our home is ...

... Cuban pesos have a much lower value than do Cucs. For example, a Cuban doctor, all of whom are government employees, is paid a salary of about 40 Cuban pesos per month. Trading currency on the street carries a legal penalty and a fraud potential. Trade a dollar and get just under one Cuc. Trade that same dollar and get around 24 pesos. But, as a foreigner, you cannot spend Cuban pesos. Foreigners may spend only CuCs. It is all very confusing.

... not so twiggy (and proud of it!) walking around in the tinniest of bikinis, sky high platform shoes, a face full of make-up and the most immaculate hair. I'm pretty sure none of them were going swimming! But it wasn't so much the over the top dressing, it was the men around would shout out 'Give us a pose', the girl would stop and give either a model pose or something far more suggestive, the guy (and anyone around) would snap a few pictures and the ...